North through to IEM Chicago over ENCE

North have defeated ENCE 2-1 (Mirage 14-16, Inferno 16-12, Nuke 16-10) in the IEM Chicago Europe closed qualifier's consolidation final, securing their place at the $250,000 tournament.

After ENCE lost their first chance to qualify after narrowly losing the upper bracket final of the Europe closed qualifier to AVANGAR on Friday, while North beat Gambit in the lower bracket final, it was time for the Finns and the Danes to lock horns for the second spot on Saturday.

The series began on Mirage, where ENCE grabbed nine rounds on the offense as well as the second pistol round. North began climbing back on their own Terrorist side before it was even at 14-14, but they were stopped at the end as the Finnish side clinched the last two rounds.

North will be in Chicago in November

Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli & co. looked to close things out 2-0 as they were leading 9-1 on the CT side of Inferno, but Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen's team fought back with the last five rounds on the half and dominated the second, securing a 16-12 win to equalize the series.

It was decided on Nuke, where the Danish team established a great start on the defense and went on to pick up a 12-3 half. Although they had trouble getting into the second half at the beginning, North were able to close things out at 16-10, 2-1, to secure the spot at the $250,000 tournament.

IEM Chicago 2018 Europe Closed QualifierBest of 3 ENCEMatchpage 1 2 25th August 2018 North 16Mirage 14 12Inferno 16 10Nuke 16

ENCE	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Aleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenAleksib	61 - 64	-3	89.0	1.07
Jani 'Aerial' JussilaAerial	55 - 60	-5	71.0	0.98
Sami 'xseveN' LaasanenxseveN	48 - 56	-8	66.7	0.94
Aleksi 'allu' Jalliallu	53 - 54	-1	65.9	0.94
Jere 'sergej' Salosergej	57 - 65	-8	73.9	0.93

North	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	73 - 52	+21	86.9	1.33
Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangsåvalde	67 - 53	+14	88.6	1.23
Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensenniko	52 - 54	-2	69.1	1.05
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	54 - 54	0	73.3	1.03
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	52 - 61	-9	65.6	0.94

IEM Chicago will take place on November 6-11, with the updated team list looking as follows:

Astralis
Liquid
MIBR
Renegades
fnatic
MVP PK
North
SA qualifier FaZe
MOUZ
NRG
BIG
Natus Vincere
AVANGAR
NA qualifier
TBA qualifier BIG #6 Fatih 'gob b' DayikJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschJohannes 'nex' MagetOwen 'smooya' Butterfield MOUZ #5 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiChris 'chrisJ' de JongMiikka 'suNny' KemppiRobin 'ropz' Kool Gambit #18 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovNikolay 'mir' Bityukov FaZe #4 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard North #10 Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif fnatic #8 Richard 'Xizt' LandströmRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonWilliam 'draken' Sundin Natus Vincere #2 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov MIBR #7 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoTarik 'tarik' CelikFernando 'fer' AlvarengaJake 'Stewie2K' YipMarcelo 'coldzera' David Liquid #3 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Renegades #17 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadKarlo 'USTILO' PivacNoah 'Nifty' Francis AVANGAR #31 Bektiyar 'fitch' BahytovTimur 'buster' TulepovAidyn 'KrizzeN' TurlybekovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' Ali Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen Age: 23 Team: North Rating 1.0: 0.91 Maps played: 1343 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.72 Aleksi 'allu' Jalli Age: 26 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 1145 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.64 NRG #9 Damian 'daps' SteeleJacob 'FugLy' MedinaVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov ENCE #13 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenJere 'sergej' Salo MVP PK #52 Keun-Chul 'solo' KangMin-Soo 'glow' KimMin-Seok 'zeff' ParkHyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeSeon-Ho 'xeta' Son